THE SHORT-HAIRED CAT 211 



to be exceedingly valuable to all students of natural 

 history, irrespective of their interest to cat lovers. 



The illustration is a portrait of one belonging to the 

 Hon. Mrs McLaren Morrison, the only specimen I have 

 seen shown in this country. 



THE INDIAN CAT 



This is another cat very rarely seen in Europe, but 

 I think the following short account of it, and the 

 accompanying illustration, may be interesting to my 

 readers. For both I am indebted to my friend, Mrs 

 H. C. Brooke, who is well known for the interest she 

 takes in animals not usually kept as pets. 



Some of the varieties of the domestic cat occasion- 

 ally seen in India, are apparently derived from crosses 

 with some of the smaller wild breeds found in that 

 country. 



From which particular variety the Indian cat is 

 derived, I have no positive information. 



The colour of the upper parts of the body is a pale 

 chestnut red, passing through grades of yellowish shades 

 to almost white on the under parts of the body. 



The forehead is puckered or wrinkled ; the head 

 somewhat long, pointed and narrow in shape ; with 

 legs long and fine in bone ; and the tail unusually long 

 and tapering, and carried with a curve. 



The coat is thick, but quite short ; its ears are large 

 but thin, with rather a forward carriage, very erect. 



